An 18-11 victory to the Cape Town based side over the Highlanders was a tight affair, significant for many more reasons than the match result itself. The Highlanders took a 6-0 lead into halftime, a fair snapshot of the game...

On March 14th, Queensland defeated the top of the table Sharks 25-13 in an awesome display. Their loss to the Lions tonight was a polar opposite display of rugby nous. Phil Mooney looked as if someone had died in his post match interview...

Seven years ago, Gordon Hunter, an integral part of Auckland and Otago rugby, sadly passed away from Cancer. It was that year in 2002 that the Highlanders won their only match at the Blues fortress of Eden Park...

The pride of Ireland and the darlings of Europe will attempt to continue their magical run in which under Declan Kidney, they will look to continue a Heineken Cup decade run that even Toulouse and Leicester cannot boast...

Their victory over the Hurricanes last round cemented the Durban based side in the top four. While it was a significant margin, it was the manner in which the Sharks adjusted in the second half that impressed...

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Led by the Bulls and the Sharks, bar a massive change of form, one would think that at the very least, one of the forerunning South African franchises will be represented in the semi, if not the grand final...

Highlanders vs. Bulls: Match report Palmerston North was the venue, with the Otago-based franchise taking the game to traditional Hurricanes territory, where a crowd of over 10,000 turned up to witness one of the better games so far in 2009...

It had to happen. Without opening with negative vernacular, if this gifted generation of Irish rugby players did not win a major championship, they would have failed to live up to years of expectation...